It is past time we were allowed shortie hybrids

[bradsamma]

I for one would love to see the project taken to PoP.... I know I'm in the minority however.

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by bradsamma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I for one would love to see the project taken to PoP.... I know I'm in the minority however.

You really aren’t though.

As the most recent changes have shown the real reason people play here is because it’s free and it’s a high population server with minimal boxing. People really aren’t clinging to the Velious era that much.

[Danth]

Which means you guys should really be over on TAKP forums trying to convince them to open a no-box server instead of pushing for that stuff here. That seems like a much more sensible approach to me.

Danth

[Deathrydar]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which means you guys should really be over on TAKP forums trying to convince them to open a no-box server instead of pushing for that stuff here. That seems like a much more sensible approach to me.

Danth

^^

[sedrie.bellamie]

FV could use a soulbinder

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You really aren’t though.

As the most recent changes have shown the real reason people play here is because it’s free and it’s a high population server with minimal boxing. People really aren’t clinging to the Velious era that much.

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which means you guys should really be over on TAKP forums trying to convince them to open a no-box server instead of pushing for that stuff here. That seems like a much more sensible approach to me.

Danth

Yes yes and yes! I think what people fail to realize is how hard it is to start a server. Like even if you could magically hire Rogean and Nilbog to do all the technical work for you (good luck with that), there's still a HUGE amount of work needed to build community, support the server etc.

This place is NOT as successful as it is because everyone who plays here shares R&N's obsession with classic EQ! To the contrary, I truly think the vast majority would like to see Luclin and PoP. Hell, most people left around LDoN (as that's when WoW came out), so R&N are kinda "freaks" (in a sense, among the set of all people who played EQ back in the day) for leaving after Velious.

But the critical thing that they've done, that neither TakP nor any other server has managed to do, is build a real community (which all but requires no boxing). That's all it would take to steal half or more of the players here away: a decent community, and any expansion P99 doesn't have ... but if it were easy to do someone (TakP or whoever else) would have done it long ago.

[kaev]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which means you guys should really be over on TAKP forums trying to convince them to open a no-box server instead of pushing for that stuff here. That seems like a much more sensible approach to me.

Danth

Aye, instead of breaking p99 create alternative goodness to complement it.

[loramin]

Ha, so I have to take back what I think I said somewhere in this thread about never having seen R&N weigh in on these class/race combination. In fact, Nilbog has ... almost exactly a decade ago, when he first announced P99 Blue:

Originally Posted by Nilbog

-Classic class/race combinations only - Halfling rangers, paladins. Gnome Shadowknights and paladins.. are off the menu.

So maybe they've changed their mind in the decade since (I'm not sure the R&N of ten years ago would have allowed pet windows, for instance, so there may still be hope), but for now it seems clear that the expectation is such class/race combos will never exist here, unless R&N make an about face.

[LordRayken]

I wouldn't feel bad with adding some additional class combinations. It has to make sense thematically though.

Since Gnomes can be Necromancers and Warriors I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be able to pursue Shadow Knight.

On the same token I can understand why Erudite society would not foster Warriors but some could be trained as Shadow Knights.

Halfling Ranger makes total sense, and I can't see why anyone would argue against their inclusion. Paladin, on the other hand, doesn't really fit at all with Halfling culture or society.

What about Halfling Bards?

There are some very cool combinations that would ultimately not fit very well with lore. There could be some "corrupted" Barbarians who start in Neriak that are Shadow Knights - thematically it's really cool, but gamewise... I just don't know how that would fit.

Ogre Monk would obviously be cool, but it has no chance of working in any way. Getting slammed by an Ogre's fist would be nice I'm sure.

Perhaps Wood Elves could be Shamans?

Perhaps we could figure out which races are played the least and give them some attention class wise.

[soronil]

Originally Posted by LordRayken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I wouldn't feel bad with adding some additional class combinations. It has to make sense thematically though.
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Perhaps we could figure out which races are played the least and give them some attention class wise.

I would think There's a big difference between adding the combos that Sony added in 2002 and coming up with new ones. For the 2002 combos the vendors/GMs/quests/item info is all out there, just has to be added/enabled/whatever. I'm sure it's work, but not as much work as coming up with stuff from scratch. Big difference between adding combos that have been in everquest for 85% of it's life vs making up stuff based on server pop!